CVE-2026-0517

CVE-2026-0517 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in versions of Secure Access Server prior to 14.20. An attacker can send a specially crafted packet to a server and cause the server to crash

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-0517	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:absolute:secure_access:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

02 Feb 2026, 16:01

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.5
References	~~() https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-0517 -~~	() https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-0517 - Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:absolute:secure_access::::::::
First Time		Absolute secure Access Absolute

20 Jan 2026, 19:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-400

17 Jan 2026, 01:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-01-17 01:15

Updated : 2026-02-02 16:01

NVD link : CVE-2026-0517

Mitre link : CVE-2026-0517

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-0517

JSON object : View

Products Affected

absolute

secure_access

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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